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Would they recast it ....
I just can`t see everyone returning ,
Carrie Fisher is got new book out where she`s dressed as princess leia wilth boozes and pills around her .
So God only knows how she feels about returning to her famous role .
Harrison Ford wants another Indy movie .
Mark Hamil might leap at it .
But this sounds like pure fiction . #starwars
10/22/09
First and foremost, most of the world has no insane attachment to the series, and just see it for what it is on film, a space opera. Second, I doubt that there are enough people that could say they are totally familiar with what happens after Jedi, and I only know bits and pieces. Enough people would want to see what happens post-Jedi in the New Jedi Order. Third, there aren't ever going to be enough people saying that George Lucas and Co. raped their childhood for them to not move forward, and even if there were it would have to show a detrimental impact on ticket sales for them not to.
I am all for it, but I can't say that I care if it's in 3D or not. I love CGI eye candy, and if they are going to use the tech from Avatar and potentially have Speilberg directing then the whole Star Wars universe will never have been more alive then it would in a new trilogy. #starwars
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Deep down in our souls we all know it's true.
Probably wont happen until Lucas is dead, and hell we may be dead by then.
But unless the collapse of civilization happens first.... one day. #starwars
10/22/09
That was the exact same BS they said about Howard the Duck--it needs to be a success so George can make the next batch of trilogies. We owe it to future generations to stay home during Avatar's opening weekend. #starwars
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No more Star Wars movies until Lucas is dead. Sorry, but it has to be said. #starwars
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I actually think that a Star Wars movie directed by Steven Spielberg or Francis Ford Copola would be awesome. #starwars
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George Costanza is that you? #starwars
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i wish i could vanilla sky myself so that i could watch it all again for the first time. #starwars
10/22/09
1) By the time they start filming, the leads will all be in at least their late fifties (Hell, Billy Dee is past 70) It would be like the last few original cast Trek movies to have them playing big action roles. Better to have them as mentors to a new generation of characters.
2) The pacing of the books is very different from the movies, so they would have to cut a lot, leaving nobody satisfied (Watchmen, anyone?). Plus, everyone would already know the story.
3) (And here's where the wrath comes) The Zahn novels weren't very good. #starwars
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They'd have to significantly alter the plot anyway, since the prequels made some of the stuff in those books a bit nonsensical (esp. Book 2, where they "re-discover" cloning technology which we now know would have been used all along.)
To solve the aging actor problem, have the team who do the "Clone Wars" series make an animated version with the original cast's voices.
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I also agree that Mara Jade is a mostly boring and pointless character, especially knowing what we now know about the Sith. It's all about Thrawn and the Noghri.
Bria was awesome, too. Oh, Luuke, we hardly knew you... Let's hope it stays that way. #starwars
10/22/09
Meredith- does this mean that he changed his mind AGAIN about doing the last three movies? Remember, there were supposed to be nine movies- middle trilogy, beginning trilogy, and then the final trilogy, then he got old and tired and said screw that final trilogy. I think I've seen stuff (Wiki?) about what the plots of the last trilogy were supposed to be.
I remember joking with a friend in the early '80's, when Reagan was trying to bring us to the brink of destruction, sending a letter to the effect "Dear Mister Gorbachev, please don't destroy the world until George Lucas finishes STAR WARS and we find out what happens". That friend died before the second trilogy was even filmed, so he never found out. Seeing how the second series was, it's likely better that he did. #starwars
10/22/09
Link to the alleged plot outline for 7, with links to 8-9: [www.supershadow.com] #starwars
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This has promise. #starwars
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